Butter-cutter.



, PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906 R. J. WOOLLEY. BUTTER CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED my 10, 1905 IIII lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Pip ROBERT J. 'WOOLLEY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

BUTTER-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed May 10,1905. $eria1No. 259,692-

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ROBERT J. WooLLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Butter-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' My invention relates to cutters for such substances as butter, and has for its principal objects the provision of a simple and convenient apparatus of this character.

It consists in the various features and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention, illustrating the production of the horizontal out; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the vertically-movable cutting-frame in operation.

designates a base upon which is mounted a support 11, which includes at its inner end a vertical wall 12. Upon opposite sides of the base are ways 13 13, over which may move the feet 14 of standards 15 15. The standard-feet beneath the base are connected constrains them to move together, while the upper extremities of the standards are shown as joined by a cross-bar 17. At the outside of the standards are screws or studs 18, between which extends a horizontal wire or cutting member 19, situated at a suitable distance from the support to produce the desired out. Cleats 20 may engage this wire Where it crosses the standards, they being secured in place by screws 21 and serving to more firmly fix said wire.

From the base at each end of the support rise uprights 22 and 23, the former being in proximity to one extremity of the base. The upright 23 is preferably removable, it fitting within a socket 24 just beyond the wall 12. These uprights by their contact with the wire 19 serve as stops to limit the movement of the standard-frame upon its ways, and thus prevent its displacement. They also furnish guides for a frame 25, which has end openings 26 26 to receive them. Between these end or guide openings is a main opening 27 of such form as to permit it to encircle the support 11, and at the sides of said main opening are parallel grooves 28, beyond which are sets of screws or studs 29. Between these studs extend parallel transverse wires or cutting members 30, which maybe clamped in position by cleats 31, cooperating with the grooves 28, into which they force the transverse wires. The cleats are shown as secured in position by screws 31*. Across the center of the opening 27 extends a longitudi-- nal wire 32 between studs 33, it being further retained in position by cleats 34., screwed to the frame. In the wall 12 of the slip ort is a slot 35 to permit the passage of this ongitudinal cutting-wire.

In using my improved ap aratus a block of the material to be divide which is indicated at A, is placed upon the support in contact with the wall 12. To permit the introduction of the block, theupright 23 may be removed, as is illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and then may or may not be returned to furnish a stop at this side of the support. The standard-frame being at one extremity of the base, with its cutting-wire adjacent to the upright 22, it is now moved inwardly, the wire passing through the material and dividing it horizontally. If the upright 23 is in its socket, it is now removed and the standard-frame is allowed to travel 'to and remain at the extremity of the base. The upright 23 is then inserted in its socket and the frame 25 applied, the uprights en'tering its openings 26. It is now drawn down- .wardly, dividing the two sections of the block into two series of cakes, which may be removed and the operationrepeated.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a base, of a support mounted thereon, cutters movable horizontally and vertically above said support, and guides for one cutter constituting stops for the other.

2. The combination with a base, of a support mounted thereon, cutters movable horizontally and vertically above said support, and guides for the vertically-movable cutter constituting stops for that moving horizontall 3? The combination with a base provided with opposite ways, of standards movable along the ways, a connection between the standards below the base, a cutter extending between the standards above the base, and uprights carried by the base at each side of the cutter, one of said uprights being removable In testimony whereof I have signed my from the base. name to this specification in the presence of 4. In a butter-cutter, a frame having paraltwo subscribing Witnesses. lel grooves, studs situated upon opposite ROBERT J. WOOLLEY. 5 sides of the grooves, Wires extending between Witnesses:

the studs, and cleats cooperating With the A. C. HARVE,

grooves and engaging the Wires. ALoYs HAROLD. 

